Combined coal-shovel and ash-sieve.



l. FLWYNNE- COMBINED COAL SHOVEL AND ASH SIEVE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. i917.. 1,259,833. Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

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COMBINED COAL-SHOVEL AND ASH-SIEVE.

Application filed July 16, 191'?.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN F. VVYNNE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in CombinedCoal-Shovels and Ash-Sieves, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a combined coal shovel and ash sieve,particularly for use with small coal stoves, although the same may beadapted for use with furnaces or the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device of thischaracter adapted to be used in the removal of coal from a rebox, grateor the like; adevice which may be manipulated in the manner of anordinary coal shovel; a device which comprises but relatively few parts'which may be quickly adjusted; and a. device which may be easily andeconomically manufactured.

It is the further aim of the present invention to provide a combinedcoal shovel and ash sieve which may be quickly adjusted by one hand foruse as an ordinary coal shovel, and which may be adjusted by the handsupporting the device for use as a sieve for separating the tineparticles of ashes from the particles of coal, and which is providedwith means for separating the fine particles of ashes so as the lattermay be returned to the ash pit or to any other suitable place ofdeposit.

rEhe above, and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill be in part described, and in part understood, from the followingdetailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same beingillustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined coal shovel and ash sieveconstructed according to the present invention, the full lines showingthe device adjusted for use as a shovel, with the lower margin of theupper section dotted in, and the lower dotted lines showing the lowersection of the device adjusted for use as an ash sieve.

F ig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on a plane indicated substantiallyby the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4t is a transverse section through the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

serial No. 180,876. y

handle portion of the device, disclosing the yoke employed forconnecting the sections.

F ig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the strap employed forholding the yoke in position.

Referring to this drawing, the device comprises a pair of shovelsections 10 and 11 which are arranged in intertting relation and whichare provided in the usual manner with upstanding flanges at theirmarginal lateral edges. The shovel sections 10 and 1l merge at theirinner ends into upwardly inclined handle portions 12 and 13 which arerelatively narrow and are transversely curved to fit the hand forgrasping the shovel sections and lifting the same. The handles 12 and 13are also interltted andare provided at their upper ends with openings 14therethrough adapted to receive a hinge 15. The hinge 15 may be in theform of a single length of wire which is rolled over to provide a ringengaging through the openings 14 to hingedly connect the shovelsections. One end of the wire or hinge 15 is projected along theconcaved upper face of the handle 12 and is bent downwardly to form anarcuate finger 16 constituting a guide. The guide finger 16 engagesthrough a pair of registering openings 17 formed in the handles 12 and13 for holding the shovel sections in true alinement when the lowersection 1l is swung down into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.1.

The upper section 10 is provided in its bottom with a plurality ofrelatively large perforations 18 forming a sieve which is closed by theimperforate bottom of the lower section 11 when the latter is swung upinto the position shown in Fig. 1. l/Vhen the sections are separated, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the upper section constitutes a sieveand the lower section provides means ior catching the ne particles whichfall through the openings 18.

The sections 10 and 11 are further held in registry, and are limited intheir movements of separation, by a yoke which is in the form of asingle length of wire bent to provide a pair of spaced-apartsubstantially parallel rods 19 and 20 which engage through perforations21 formed in the handles 12 and 13,

and which are transversely spaced apart.,

and-arranged adjacent to the marginal edge portions of the handles. Theopenings 21 in the upper handle 12 may be in the form of notches formedin the 'lateral edge portions of the handle 12. The upper end of the rod19, after passing through the opening 21, extends transversely acrossthe upyoke and. their integral lower ends are bent abruptly toward eachother and are joined in a depending loop 211 through which the lower endof the rod 23 is secured. The upper end of the rod 20, after passingthrough the openings 21 in the handles 12 and 13, extends transverselyacross the upper side of the handle 12 to theintermedr ate portionthereof, and is looped about the upper end of the rod 23 and is thencarried upwardly and rolled over to form a loop or ring 25 which extendstransversely of the handles 12 and 13 and is adapted to receive thelinger or thumb therethrough. The yoke is held rigidly to the upperhandle 12 by means of a strap 26, which latter is preferably formed froma strip of metal having a perforation 27 intermediate its end throughwhich the bottom of the loop 25 extends, and which is turned inwardly atits opposite extremities beneath the lateral edge portion of the handle12. The inturned ends of the strap 26 are provided with notches 28adapted to receive the upper portions of .the rods 19 and 20therethrough. The

notches 28 may be formed by stamping tongues 29 from the ends of thestrap 26, and bending the tongues 29 over against the outer exposed sideof the strap. The tongues 29 are received in the outer ends of thenotches 21 of the lower handle 13 when the handles are brought together.As the tongues 29 fit in the notches 21 of the lower handle 13, thehandles 12 and 13 may lie closely together so as to engage the lowershovel section 11 close against the lower side of the upper section 10.The bottom of the yoke holds the lower handle 13 when it is swung downand prevents the separation of the handles beyond the desired limit. 1nuse, the hand may be grasped about the handle sections 12 and 13 to holdthe shovel sections 10 and 11 together, and the device may be used inthe ordinary manner of a coal shovel. Then it is desired to sift ashesor the like, it is only necessary to engage the hand or fingers with theloops 25 and allow the lower section 11 to swing down into the dottedposition shown in Fig. 1. The yoke holds the lower section when it isswung down, and the guiding iinger 16 assists the yoke in holding thesections of the device in true alinement.

When the device is to be used for sifting coal and ashes, taken from anopen grate, the operator may Yrest thc upper shovel section 10 upon oneof the grate bars and by use of a poker Vstirthe contents of the uppersection so that the ashes and line particles will escape through theperforations 18. The ashes falling through the perforations are caughtin the lower shovel section 11 from which they may slide byfgravity intothe space beneath the grate. The yoke holds the lower shovel section 11Ianl inclined position while the upper section 10 may be held in ahorizontal plane so lthat the contents thereof will not tend to slidetoward the open end of the shovel. f

1t is to be observed that theshovel may be made of but five dierentparts, ,three of which are susceptible of being made from stamped metal,while the other parts may be made of wire. the device may be made invarious sizes to suit conditions of use, such as for use with furnacesand the like. A l y 1t is of course understood .that yvarious changesand modifications may be made in the details of construction and designof the Aabove specifically described parts `without departing from thespirit of this invention, such changes and modifications beingrestricted only by the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1t is also understood thatv 1. 1n a combined coal shovel and ash sieve,the combination of a pair of shovel sections having handles extendingtherefrom, means for hingedly connecting the free ends of the handlestogether and in overlapping relation, and guiding meansengaging thehandles lto hold the same in lon` gitudinal register during the swingingof the same apart and the bringing ofthe handles together to separateand interflt the shovel sections. Y l

2. 1n a combined coal shovel and Y ash sieve, the combination of a pairof like shovel sections, handles on the sections,

means for hingedly connecting the free ends of the handles together insuperposed relation, the upper shovel section having a perforated bottomand the lower shovel section. having an imperforate bottom, andal yokeengaging the intermediate portions ofthe saidhandles kin spaced relationfrom the hinged connection thereof and adapted to hold the handles andthe shovel sections in vertical register and to limit the separation ofthe shovel sections. n ,Y

3. 1n a combined coal shovel and ash sieve, the combination of a pairfofshovel sections having handle portions, a wire loop engaging through thefree ends of the handle sections to hingedlyKV connect the same andhaving one end arcuatedxand projects ing downwardly through the handlesections to hold the same in vertical register, and a yoke secured tothe upper handle section and projecting downwardly therefrom about thelower handle section to guide and'limit the downwardswinging of thesame.

t. In a combined coal .shovel and ash sieve, the combination of a pairof super posed shovel members, means for hingedly connecting the handlesthereof, the upper shovel member having a perforated bottom, and thelower shovel member having an imperforate bottom, a yoke secured to thehandle portion of the upper section and projecting downwardly throughapertures in the lower handle section to guide the same, the lowerhandle section being adapted to engage in the lower end of the yoke tolimit the downward swinging movement of the lower shovel section, andsupporting means carried upon the upper end of the yoke for engagementwith the hand to support the upper shovel section during the downwardlyswinging movement of the lower shovel section.

5. In a combined coal shovel and ash sieve, the combination of a pair ofsuperposed shovel sections, means for hingedly connecting the shovelsections together at one end, a yoke secured to the upper shovel sectionand provided with side rods projecting downwardly through the aperturesin the lower shovel section to guide the same, the lower ends of saidrods being turned inwardly toward each other to provide a support at thebottom of the yoke to limit the downward swinging movement of the lowershovel section, a finger loop carried upon the upper end of the yoke,and a securing strap engaging across the upper shovel section and havingconnection with the yoke to hold the latter to the upper shovel section.

6. In a combined coal shovel and ash sieve, the combination of a pair ofsuperposed shovel sections, a loop connecting the free ends of thehandles of the sections, a yoke carried by the upper handle andprojecting downwardly through the lower handle to guide and limit thedownward swinging movement of the same, a linger loop car-` ried uponthe upper end of the yoke adapted to be grasped for supporting the yoke,a connection between the yoke and the upper handle for securing thelatter to the yoke for holding the upper handle section substantiallyhorizontal during the downward swinging movement of the lower shovelsection, said yoke being adapted to support the lower shovel section inan inclined position below the upper shovel section to receive materialfalling through the apertures of' the upper shovel section.

7. In a combined coal shovel and ash sieve, the combination of a pair ofsuperposed shovel sections, provided with handles, means for hingedlyconnecting the free ends of the handles, a yoke provided with side barsextending downwardly through the handle sections to guide the same andlimit the separation thereof, a loop carried upon the upper end of theyoke adapted to receive the finger therethrough for supporting the yoke,and a strap engaging across the upper side of the upper handle andengaging the yoke to hold the latter to the upper handle, the ends ofsaid strap being downturned about the lateral edge portions of the upperhandle, and the lower handle having notches in its lateral edge portionsadapted to receive the downturned ends of the strap when the handles arebrought together.

JOHN F. WYNNE.,

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